S&P futures are up 0.2% Monday morning after the S&P 500 posted its ninth straight weekly gain and finished May up more than 5%. The index has now rallied roughly 16% over the past two months. Global tone is firmer, with South Korea’s Kospi up more than 3.5%, Japan nearly 1% higher, and Europe up […]
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S&P futures are up 0.1% Friday morning after U.S. equities finished mostly higher Thursday, with the S&P 500 rising for a sixth straight session to another record high. Semis, software, most-shorted names, retail favorites, drones/defense, healthcare, retail/apparel, dollar stores, and industrial metals led the tape. Global markets are firmer, with South Korea up more than
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March 4, 2026 S&P futures are up 0.25% in early trading, near session highs, as U.S. equities attempt to build on Tuesday’s late-session stabilization. Markets remain focused on geopolitical developments in the Middle East, but price action continues to reflect a measured rather than disorderly risk response. Oil has firmed again this morning, with WTI
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March 3, 2026 S&P futures are down 1.8% Tuesday morning, reversing Monday’s rebound as markets shift back into risk-off mode. Monday had seen equities recover from early weakness, with strength in select big tech, energy, aerospace & defense, regional banks, private equity, software, rails, and industrial metals. Rate-sensitive groups such as homebuilders lagged, while memory
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December 3, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.1% after U.S. equities finished mostly higher on Tuesday, led by select tech, AI-linked names, retail favorites, and 12-month winners. Breadth was mixed, with nearly 60% of the S&P 500 declining. Asian trading was split—Japan gained more than 1% while Hong Kong fell more than 1%. Europe opened
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December 2, 2025 S&P futures are up 0.2% after U.S. equities opened December with a broad pullback on Monday, finishing near session lows. Weakness was concentrated in crypto-exposed names, retail favorites, high-short-interest stocks, and 12-month winners, while Energy led the tape. Asian trading was mixed overnight: South Korea outperformed on lower U.S. tariff rates, while
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August 28, 2025 S&P futures little changed Thursday after U.S. equities closed higher Wednesday with the S&P 500 at a new ATH. Software, banks, energy, retail, and travel & leisure led gains, while most-shorted and tariff-exposed names also outperformed. Asia mixed overnight (Shanghai, Japan, Australia, South Korea higher; Hong Kong, Taiwan weaker). Europe +0.2%. Treasuries
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August 27, 2025 S&P futures flat Wednesday after U.S. equities gained Tuesday, with the S&P finishing just below its ATH. Leaders included A&D, pharma, semis, travel, credit cards, and apparel, while small caps and retail favorites also outperformed. Asia mixed (China weaker, Japan/South Korea/Australia higher), Europe little changed. Treasuries steady to slightly weaker long end.
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July 29, 2025 S&P futures up 0.2% in Tuesday morning trading, following a quiet Monday where the S&P 500 and Nasdaq posted sixth-straight record closes. Market breadth remained narrow, with the equal-weight S&P 500 underperforming by ~60 bp. Overnight, Asia traded mixed (Greater China and South Korea outperformed, Japan lagged), while Europe is up ~1%.
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June 6, 2025 U.S. equity futures were higher Friday morning, with S&P 500 futures up 0.4%, recovering some ground after Thursday’s decline, which ended a three-day winning streak. Tesla was responsible for roughly 40% of the index’s pullback, weighed down by the intensifying public feud between Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Broader weakness also came
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